HOLIDAY RELAYS TONIGHT  -  6:30PM DT Y  -  

All GBY swimmers should attend. Families are welcome to come and watch.

December 18, 2013

  To:     All Green Bay YMCA Swimmers & Parents

  From: Coach Dave - voice mail-436-9624

Email- [email protected]   team unify website - www.teamunify.com/wigbymca

 Re:      1)  DCY Jingle Bell Meet  2)  GBY Bowling Party  3) Green Bay Y Annual Campaign and GBY Swim-A-Long  5) Upcoming Dates  6)  Assorted Notes

1. DCY Jingle Bell Meet  -  Sixty Five GBY swimmers are entered in the meet.  The heat sheet will be posted on our website.  I have one they sent but it is a single column format and about 50 pages long.  I have requested a 3 column heat sheet.  They also tell me that there are no warm-up assignments.  They have open warm-ups schedule from 7-8am.  I am asking all GBY swimmers to be on the pool deck by 6:45am so that we can get 3-4 lanes for a 7am warm-up.  If I hear anymore from DCY I will post it on our website.  Coach Sean, Coach Ashley and I will be at the meet.
2. GBY Bowling Night, Monday, December 30, 2013, 6-8pm.  The Gutter Bowling Alley, 2310 Lineville Road, in Howard.  Cost will be $9.00 per person.  This $9.00 includes shoe rental and unlimited bowling between 6-8pm.  Because of new management at the Bowling Alley, there will be no food or drink included in our package.  But food and drink are available at the Bowling Alley.  Sign-up is on the website.  All GBY swimmers and families are invited to participate.  Sign-up deadline is Sunday night, December 22.  This will be charge to your escrow account.
3. Green Bay Y Annual Campaign Calling Night (Wednesday, February 5) & GBY Swim-A-Long (Wednesday, February 12) – I will be sending out a news item about these two events.  Our 2014 Annual Campaign kicks off in February.  I will need parent volunteers to help make some phone calls on calling night.  For Swim-A-Long GBY swimmers will receive their pledge envelopes in early January.  Thank you everyone for your continual support of the Green Bay Y and its annual campaign.  Look for a nice explanation and more information soon that I will send out through the website
4. Upcoming Dates

Wednesday, December 18     Holiday Relays                                                DT Y Pool

Saturday, December 21          DCY Jingle Bell Invite                          Sturgeon Bay Y

Monday, December 30           GBY Bowling Night                              The Gutter Bowling Alley, Howard

Saturday-Sunday, Jan 4-5        Oshkosh Mid-Winter                           Oshkosh Y

Saturday, January 11              DCY Hawaiian Meet                           Sturgeon Bay Y

Friday-Sunday, Jan 17-19        GBY Titletown Freeze                         DT Y Pool

Wednesday, February 5          Annual Campaign Calling Night         DT Y  5:30-8:00pm

Wednesday, February             Swim-A-Long                                       DT Y Gold 3:45-5:40pm, Bronze & Silver 6:30-8:00pm

Friday, April 11                       GBY Awards Banquet                          Riverside Ballroom

1. Assorted Notes

• There will be a Friday afternoon this week.  There will be a Friday afternoon practice this week but no Saturday AM due to the DCY Jingle Bell Meet.
• Personalized Caps – We have 45 caps ordered but need 48.  Please order them now on the website so we can get this order in. Also I have a few swimmers that only ordered one cap.  Please correct this.  You must buy a minimum of two caps with the same name.
• Titletown Freeze T-shirts  -  There will be a pre-order of 2014 Titletown T-shirts on the website soon.  This closes tonight.  The pre-order cost is $10.00 and $12.00 for XXL & XXXL.  If you wait to buy one at the meet it will be $2.00 more.  
• January Meets entries – I just opened up the entry page for the DCY Hawaiian Meet.
• USA Registration has been completed -  If I missed anyone we can register again in late January or early February if you want to compete in any of the USA Meets.
• Holiday Practice schedule – I have updated the Calendar for the holiday schedule (December 23 – January 1)
• The Next Parent Group Committee is Monday night, January 6.  All Parent Group Committees are held from 5:30-7:00pm, in the 2^nd floor lobby area of the DT Y.  Parent Group committee members are Lynn Anderson – Facilitator, Jill Zablocki – Meet Director, Annjie and Mark Nowak – Food Service, Bob Howe & Amy Wolf – Equipment, Tim Van Gheem – Financial, Heidi Neverman – Awards Banquet & Recognition, Scott & Heidi Socha – Social & New Family,  Jeff & Beth Gahnz -  Marketing, Open – Senior/National Team.
• Please remember to scan your membership cards when entering any YMCA
• Please remember to take a soap shower before entering any YMCA pool.
• Please remember that the GBY swim team is a part of the GBY Gymnastics Scrip program.  If any family is interested in earning some extra money for their escrow accounts should check out the Scrip program.  Scrip information is under the documents tab on the web site.
• Many meet entries are already opened.  Please make sure that you get entered into meets by the deadline.
• Please ensure that you keep ample monies in your escrow accounts.  A swimmer will not be allowed to enter in a meet unless they have the monies in their escrow account to cover the meet fees. The website is set up to make sure that you have monies in your account when you enter a meet.  All escrow fees may be paid at the DT Y front desk, or by calling the DT Y front desk to pay by phone. Thank you to everyone for keeping up with your escrow accounts. Please do not wait until it is too late to get money into your account.  All information for your escrow account may be found under your account page on the website.